Onnagata

Rezensionen / Stimmen

"A well-researched and thorough historical study of the artificial and artistic construction of femininity by onnagata that provides a great deal of information as well as many thought-provoking insights."

- Akiko Kusunoki (Early Modern Women) "It is an important addition to the study of women performers in kabuki and supports the idea that onnagata is an action or performance"

- Colleen Lanki (Asian Theater Journal) "Isaka makes a number of important interventions in understanding how femininity is constructed and presented on the Japanese stage as well as in society as a whole. . . . The book's exploration of gender performance goes far beyond the worlds of dramatic literature and theatrical performance."

- Megan Ammirati (Theatre Survey) "Isaka's approach enables her to successfully situate onnagata within current discourse on gender identity. . . . Onnagata [is an] important additio[n] to the growing library of kabuki studies."

(Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies)